9. Do you think that the people of the Cave and the
Inscription (the news or the names of the people of the Cave) were a wonder
among Our Signs?
10. (Remember) when the young men fled for refuge (from their disbelieving folk) to the Cave, they said: "Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the right way!"
11. Therefore We covered up their (sense of) hearing
(causing them, to go in deep sleep) in the Cave for a number of years.
12. Then We raised them up (from their sleep), that We might
test which of the two parties was best at calculating the time period that they
had tarried.
13. We narrate unto you (O Muhammad
) their story with truth: Truly! They were young men who believed in their
Lord (Allah), and We increased them in guidance.
13. We narrate unto you (O Muhammad
14. And We made their hearts firm and strong (with the light
of Faith in Allah and bestowed upon them patience to bear the separation of
their kith and kin and dwellings, etc.) when they stood up and said: "Our
Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, never shall we call upon
any ilah (god) other than Him; if we did, we should indeed
have uttered an enormity in disbelief.
[Surah al-Khaf]
What is not
strange is that Allaah Preserved the people of the cave from Fitnah, sleeping
for hundreds of years, because of their Emaan and Taqwa. What is strange is
that the Ummah that is awake wants the same results and to be spared from
Fitnah without having the same qualities as them.
> Shaykh Sa'ood ash-Shuraym, Imaam Haram in Makkah
[Taken from a
post from the Shaykh's official Twitter account, 9 /10/1435 - 5/8/2014]
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